Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 12, 1938
Died
Jun 03, 2000
Place of Birth
Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Credits
49 titles
Nevena Kokanova
Biography
Nevena Kokanova (Bulgarian: Невена Коканова) (12 December 1938 – 3 June 2000) was a Bulgarian film actress. She was known as the "first lady of Bulgarian cinema." Her mother was from a well-known Austrian aristocratic family, and her father was a political prisoner. Kokanova was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria and is most renowned for her role as Lisa in The Peach Thief. She started her career at 18 as an apprentice actor with the Yambol Theater in Yambol, Bulgaria. In 1975 she was a member of the jury at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival. In 1980 she starred in and co-directed Three Deadly Sins with Lyubomir Sharlandzhiev. She died in Sofia.
Known For
Filmography
Canary Season
Aunt Addie
Evenings in Antim's Inn
Home for Our Children
Veronika Aldanova
Forest People
This Fine Mature Age
Elena
Salvation
Bakardzhieva
Dangerous Charm
Boryana Krasteva
Constantine The Philosopher
The Warning
Crystals
Slava
Autumn Sun
Tinka
Queen of Turnovo
Smilova
Ladies' Choice
Golyamata etarva
The Three Deadly Sins
Dona
Sunstroke
Matriarchy
Cyclops
Zoya
Memories of the Twin Sister
Nevena
Don't Go Away!
Tinka
The Weddings of Ioan Assen
Maria
The Last Bachelor
Fany
Rootless Tree
Daughter-in-law
My Father, the Painter
the mother
The Best Person I Know!
Uchitelkata Nikolina Boneva
Little Tiger
The Mother
Love
Irina
The Boy Turns Man
Tinka
A Human Heart
Lena
Circles of Love
The woman with almond eyes
A Strange Duel
Bozhanova
Botschafter morden nicht
Maria
Men on a Business Trip
Dancheto
Tango
Havadzhieva
Dangerous Flight
Galileo
Marina
Taste of Almonds
Gerda
Detour
Neda
Before and After the Victory
Medicinskata sestra
The Longest Night
Woman-Doctor
Karambol
Ана Мартинова
The Peach Thief
Lisa
The Inspector and the Night
Jana
Tobacco
Irina
The Steep Path
Elena
Be Happy, Ani!
Ani
On a Quiet Evening
Boyka
Years for Love
Ema
Yazovetzat
Среднощна среща
Ана